ALFIE Evans will have further legal options should UK courts continue to rule against his parents’ wish to take him to Italy for further treatment, according to one of the solicitors representing the struggling toddler.

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“Now he’s survived and he’s proved to be resilient, I would say he’s a living miracle.

“And given that he can survive the trip to Italy, which is really two and a half hours away, there will be surgeons on board, ventilation, everything he needs.

“He should be allowed to pursue that.”

Asked if this was Alfie’s last legal option, he replied: “There are still appeals available.

There are still appeals available

Roger Kiska, solicitor for Christian Legal Centre

“The Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights.

“But realistically a lot relies on this permission hearing to see if we can go forward with the full hearing.

“We hope we can present further evidence of Alfie’s improvement because the reality is since he has continued to breath and live beyond expectations, there haven’t been further tests to see why that was the case.

“Alfie is struggling. I think as any two-year-old would struggle after they’ve been removed from ventilation and had hydration limited and nutrition greatly limited.

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Alfie Evans: The solicitor on the case revealed the legal options left for Alfie

“He wasn’t fed for quite a long time there. He’s struggling but clearly, he wants to live and he should be allowed that opportunity.”

Alfie’s parents, Tom Evans and Kate James, are facing a possible last-ditch attempt to save their terminally ill son today as they head to the Court of Appeal to halt this week's fatal ruling.

The 23-month-old toddler suffering a degenerative neurological disorder was taken off of life support on Monday night following a High Court Decision which entrusted Alder Hey Children’s Hospital with the decision.

Doctors involved in the case have agreed Alfie’s condition is beyond help and keeping the boy on a ventilator is prolonging his suffering in an “inhumane” fashion.

Alfie’s parents have challenged the decision in a slew of legal challenges and bitter battles to little avail.

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Mr Evans argued today his brave little son was still fighting on and breathing on his own.

One last glimmer of hope arrived in the form of Italian citizenship, granted to Alfie in a bid to transfer him to Rome's Bambino Gesu Paediatric Hospital.

An emergency hearing in the Family Divisions of the High Court this afternoon in Manchester was held on Tuesday at 3.30pm, to decide the fate of the boy.

The barrister for Alfie Evans’ parents has argued European Union law gives the baby’s parents the right to take the toddler to Italy.

However, Mr Justice McFarlane has said the court does not think the medical trip out of the UK would be in the baby’s best interests.

The Court of Appeal has now denied Alfie a full hearing.

Lady Justice King said evidence showed that, while Alfie was unlikely to feel pain, "tragically everything that would allow him to have some appreciation of life or even the mere touch of his mother, has been destroyed irrevocably".